Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-09-23
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caused lately in New Mexico cowboy
society by the sudden and complete
conversion of 'sComanche Pete,n one
81 the crstwhile widest, wickedest,
cussedest OF OF them all. He was
known - : sholy terror" would
shoot at the drop Of . hat, and had
tho capacity Of : distillery for ardent
spriss. He i changed man now,
and spends his time in iaboring
among the cowb ,ys, endeavoring to
turn them from their evil ways. He
quit drinking, but takes no abluf"
from the rougher element which
sometimes endeavon to drown his
voice willis be d exhorting. He tells
them that Il they want some pistol
play hs il awillin' and, fellers, You
know l generally kills my meat
He il another Sam Jones in embryo.
hm al a the western dialect and
usea = Illustrations such things only
= his hearen are familiar with. His
talk recently in Billy and Joss saloon,
- reported IN the Kansas City Times,
may mot have been strictly orthodox,
bat il was impressive and effective
also. He sAid:
-FellsrA you are mavericks now;
there Is no brand on you yet Your
mothers and sisters and mebee your
fathers belong 70 Gods outfit, but
you strayed away before the spring
roundup commenced 5: home. You
became . maverick, and every outfit
has men out after you to catch and
mark you Gods outfit has hundreds
Of men bunting you, and so has old
man Devil Gods major domos are
kind, good men, who viii take you to
: green range. with plenty of pure,
cold water. and you'd better get his
brand on you right Oh. You're dead
safe with that outfit, and you mustn't
monkey along nibbling At all the
green grass yon happen to see along
the trail Of life. Old man devil will
rope and brand you IL you do, and
then when the final roundup comes
and they cut out all brands but theil
own, you viii find yourselves brows.
ing around on the short burnt range.
OF hell. You remember, fellers, thai
dandy green trail that led down t.
The Pinevetas, and how Bill Archie
ted hts herd along there, thinking
green grass and shade trees and GOO,
water was all along. You know hos
they got down into that canyon an,
only struck sand and alkali, and how
before they could get out, a san,
storm struck them and killed most o
the outfit. Well, that's the way exact
~ the trail is that leads to the range
OF Lncifer's outfit. A good many o
you. are on that trail now, and YOU
better turn OF on side trail. Tn
Devils branding pens are built; tn
branding irons are hot and you can
cave yourselves nor turn back If yo
ever get your heads in the chute
that lead to the branding pen. YOU
be alkalied and sand-stormed an
stampeded through the canyons an
mountains and pits Of hell, and tn
heel-fy and screw-worms and black
legs viii torment you as long as tim
lasts. You'll be quarantined foreve
against entering the pastures c
heaven, and will be held just outsid
sometimes SO you can just look owe
and SEQ what you lost by being to
broncho to allow white herders I
rope and brand you.
-Fellers! Old branded sinners an,
mavericks! Round up; enter tn
corral Of religion; climb the chute Q
morality and brotherly love, aud en-
ter the cars that are bound for ever
lasting glory! Alb, there, ameni
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